{"id":34327,"date":"2021-09-15T08:29:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T12:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=34327"},"modified":"2021-09-14T21:29:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T01:29:59","slug":"three-centuries-converge-at-fort-frederick-sept-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2021\/09\/15\/three-centuries-converge-at-fort-frederick-sept-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Centuries Converge at Fort Frederick Sept. 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Living History Offers View into America\u2019s Foundations<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/554\/19127504783_c4234b46c7.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of historic reenactors in British colonial uniforms firing muskets outside Fort Frederick\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/western\/fortfrederick.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fort Frederick State Park<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> invites Marylanders to experience Fort Frederick\u2019s unique role during three centuries that shaped our country from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 18. A day of events will offer a glimpse of the historic fort in four key eras: as Maryland\u2019s frontier defense during the French and Indian War, a prison for captured British soldiers in the American Revolution, an outpost for Union troops during the Civil War, and as a camp for the Civilian Conservation Corps, which rebuilt the wall and the stone foundations of the interior buildings during the Great Depression.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 338px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7438\/27202821533_2cda2b37ef.jpg\" alt=\"Vintage photo of Fort Frederick in the 1930s\" width=\"328\" height=\"227\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial view of the fort and Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, 1934. Photo courtesy of the Maryland National Guard.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Historical interpreters and volunteers will tell the story of the people who were at the fort during its history, demonstrate military cooking, conduct military drills and musket firings, and discuss period clothing and uniforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis program allows our visitors to immerse themselves in the daily life of those whose lives revolved around Fort Frederick during four major eras of our country\u2019s history,\u201d Ranger Bob Study said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The events begin at 10 a.m. with a flag raising ceremony over the restored fort, which was built in 1756.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visitors will pay a service charge of $3 per vehicle for residents and $5 for nonresidents. Visitors should also be advised that disabled access is available, although most of the activities are on grassy areas.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Living History Offers View into America\u2019s Foundations Fort Frederick State Park invites Marylanders to experience Fort Frederick\u2019s unique role during three centuries that shaped our country from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 18. A day of events will offer a glimpse of the historic fort in four key eras: as Maryland\u2019s frontier defense<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2021\/09\/15\/three-centuries-converge-at-fort-frederick-sept-18\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,12],"tags":[3647,3557,3007,3649,5028],"class_list":["post-34327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-parks","tag-american-revolution","tag-civilian-conservation-corps","tag-fort-frederick-state-park","tag-french-and-indian-war","tag-historical-reenactments"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34328,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34327\/revisions\/34328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}